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verb (used with object)
1.
to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
2.
to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction: Plants suck moisture from the earth. The pump sucked water from the basement.
3.
to apply the lips or mouth to and draw upon by producing a partial vacuum, especially for extracting fluid contents: to suck an orange.
4.
to put into the mouth and draw upon: to suck one's thumb.
5.
EXPANDto take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.: to suck a piece of candy.
6.
COLLAPSEto render or bring to a specified condition by or as if by sucking.
verb (used without object)
7.
to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, especially to draw milk from the breast.
8.
to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
9.
(of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
10.
Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usually followed by around).
11.
Slang. to be repellent or disgusting: Poverty sucks.
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Sucks
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
noun
Verb phrases12.
an act or instance of sucking.
13.
a sucking force.
14.
the sound produced by sucking.
15.
that which is sucked; nourishment drawn from the breast.
16.
EXPANDa small drink; sip.
17.
COLLAPSEa whirlpool.
18.
suck in, Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud: The confidence man sucked us all in.
19.
suck off, Slang: Vulgar. to fellate.
20.
Idiomsuck up, Slang. to be obsequious; toady: The workers are all sucking up to him because he's the one who decides who'll get the bonuses.
21.
suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English souken, Old English sūcan, cognate with Latin sūgere; (noun) Middle English souke act of suckling, derivative of the noun; akin to soak
before 900; (v.) Middle English souken, Old English sūcan, cognate with Latin sūgere; (noun) Middle English souke act of suckling, derivative of the noun; akin to soak
Related forms
suck·less, adjective
out·suck, verb (used with object)
un·sucked, adjective
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Word Origin & History
suck
O.E. sucan, from PIE root *sug-/*suk- of imitative origin (cf. O.S., O.H.G. sugan, O.N. suga, M.Du. sughen, Du. zuigen, Ger. saugen "to suck;" L. sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" O.Ir. sugim, Welsh sugno "to suck"). Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible"
EXPAND first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Suck eggs is from 1906. Suck hind tit "be inferior" is Amer.Eng. slang first recorded 1940.
COLLAPSE
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